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CONFIDENTIAL
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DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY
SUNLEY HOUSE
90/93 HIGH HOLBORN
LONDON WCIV 6LP
Telephone: 01-405 6911 Ext 463
29 November 1972
Sir Duncan Watson KCMG
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
London SW1A 2AL
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Handed to me by M. Archer 1/12 PIA
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Myder Warson
Further to our telephone conversation yesterday, I am enclosing a copy of the speech which Y K Pao gave earlier this month to the Foreign Correspondents Club in Hong Kong. You will see that he envisages going a lot further than the Hong Kong Administration would wish to do with regard to relaxing requirements for manning, certification, equipment of ships, crew accommodation, etc, and indeed it rather looks as if he has in mind a flag of convenience rather on the lines of Singapore. This, I think, reinforces the need for caution which was well expressed in the Foreign Secretary's minute to the Prime Minister.
We are looking forward to meeting you to discuss the situation on Thursday, 7 December at 11 am.
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